Instead of Craft, try one of these 11.
Every alternative is lined up against Craft on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Craft sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.
Craft alternatives at a glance
Craft is a freemium productivity app (from $8/mo). We compared 11 alternatives: 6 are open source, 4 are completely free, 3 can be self-hosted and 6 work fully offline. The most popular is Obsidian, with 3.9k likes.
Private, local-first knowledge base built on plain Markdown files.
Freemium · Works offlineOutliner for networked thought, with backlinks and daily journals.
Free · Open source · Works offlineLocal-first, end-to-end encrypted workspace with objects and sets.
Free · Open source · Works offlineOpen-source note taking with end-to-end encrypted sync.
Free · Open source · Self‑hostable · Works offline